Brady doing fine job in Congress

Published
1:01 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 14, 2015

To the editor:

I wanted to take a few moments to talk about Congressman Kevin Brady. I have followed our Congressman’s effort’s on our behalf closely since it is our responsibility as citizens of this great nation to stay informed and telegraph our concerns to our representative.

A key element of our vigilance as citizens is to be aware of how our Constitution was written to maintain the balance of power between the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of the U.S. government. While Brady is our representative, he is not a dictator. He is a single member of the Legislative Branch. Without penning a primer on how our Republic’s government was organized by our founders, we all have to be aware of the intrinsic and deliberate inefficiencies of the process to prevent any one branch from being too powerful.

On review of our congressmen’s positions, actions and initiatives versus the limits established by our founders of the three branches, it is my belief he has represented our interests very well.

I was as hopeful as Brady that the Supreme Court would follow the law and not add words or ignore the 10th Amendment. However, they did just that in saving ObamaCare again and changing the definition of marriage. I am grateful that Brady keeps speaking out against these overreaches and working on behalf of our values. Those who are angry at the values the president espouses should direct their ire at him and his very liberal party, not at our congressman who has fought to cut spending, taxes and repeal ObamaCare. Our congressman has been instrumental cutting funding and programs from the Democrats’ unconstitutional health insurance scheme, but he’s never voted to give it an extra dime. It’s important to remember the ACA was funded in the original Democrat law that no Republican supported and its subsidies and implementation are not funded through the regular process. I support free trade, because economic freedom is a staunch conservative value. As a Texas conservative, we should support the 3 million Texas jobs that depend on exporting Texas-made goods. While I don’t know why President Obama agreed with Republicans on Congress’ trade rules, I’m very glad he did.

As I heard our congressman say, even a broken clock is right twice a day and I’ll take it. Legislation is never perfect and we don’t get everything we want, but we must keep trying. Finally, let’s talk about what our congressman is doing for us. Brady’s tax relief bills, which have passed the U.S. House in the last few months, could save American families and entrepreneurs $500 billion; and the thoughtful legislation he worked on to shore up Medicare is the first real entitlement reform in decades. That’s what we sent him to Washington, D.C., to do. As we have learned, government shutdowns don’t save our hard-earned tax dollars, but good statesmen like Kevin Brady do by continuing the fight day in and day out. I’m proud our congressman worked his way up to a position where he has influence in getting thoughtful conservative bills passed. That made our voice louder on Capitol Hill.

I refuse to give up that influence just because our Republican Congress has to fight every battle uphill and can’t win them all. I support Congressman Kevin Brady in his efforts.